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Part Three: Exercises

Exercises

Proverbs

Directions. In each of the following examples you are given a proverb and four possible answers. Select the answer that means the same or most nearly the same as the proverb.

Sample. Do not hang all on one nail.

a. Don't count your chickens until they are hatched.
b. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
c. Don't use a nail, use a hanger.
d. The wise man looks ahead.

The .answer that means the same as "Do not hang all on one nail" is b, Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

1. The beard does not make the philosopher.

a. Philosophers do not wear beards,
b. Clothes do not make the man.
c. Philosophy bakes no bread.
d. Don't judge a book by its cover.

2. Catch the bear before you sell his skin.

a. Look before you leap.
b. A wager is a fool's argument.
c. Make not your sauce until you have caught your fish.
d. The best things are the worst to come by.

3. In a calm sea every man is a pilot.

a. A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor.
b. A rich man knows not his friends.
c. Hurry is the weakness of fools.
d. Many are brave when the enemy flies.

4. Penny and penny laid up will be many.

a. Penny wise, pound foolish.
b. At a great bargain make a pause.
c. Mind the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.
d. A penny saved is a penny earned.

5. No sunshine but hath some shadow.

a. All that glitters is not gold.
b. There is no rose without a thorn.
c. Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall.
d. Nothing is easy to the unwilling.

6. Many little strokes fell great oaks.

a. Strike while the iron is hot.
b. A stitch in time saves nine.
c. Bit by bit the bird builds his nest,
d. Time and tide wait for no man.

7. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

a. Do the headwork before the hand work.
b. Wishes won't wash dishes.
c. A fine cage won't feed the bird,
d. Quit not certainty for hope.

8. It's an ill wind that blows no good.

a. Every cloud has a silver lining.
b. A ragged colt may make a good horse.
c. There is more than one way to skin a cat.
d. No sunshine but hath some shadow.

9. The better part of valor is discretion.

a. Walk softly and carry a big stick.
b. A delay is better than a disaster.
c. Best safety lies in fear,
d. He that will conquer must fight.

10. Who ventures nothing has no luck,

a. Who never climbed never fell.
b. Success makes a fool seem wise,
c. The best things are the worst to come by.
d. Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Picture Classification

Directions. In the following examples, select the picture that does not belong with the others on the same line. (Nonreaders or beginning readers can use this and the following exercises if the technique is explained to them.)

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